Overturned Tower

"—And the premise is, let you be the leader?"

The godfather laughed, and pointed out the part that the malt wine deliberately blurred: "If the scale of the lower city really increases significantly, like our current management method of dividing territories and gangs, it will not be able to manage so many people. Even this Those who come down will form alliances among themselves and create new civil strife.

"If the strangulation agrees to you, you will then say... In order to achieve this goal, the lower city needs a new leader. A leader who can unify everyone."

"Yes, that's why I recommended you."

Malt Wine replied bluntly.

She showed a sly smile, which was a smile that did not conceal her conspiracy—or in other words, it was a smile when she described her conspiracy in an open and honest manner.

"I'm just fine as an aide. Or...as the leader of Eternal Tribulation Reincarnation, I have talked to you so much, thought so much about the lower city, and even elected the godfather to the top, but I am not even worthy of the name of an aide. ?"

"Of course there will be a place for you."

The godfather took a deep look: "But the problem is not here.

"It doesn't matter who has the power - again you're confusing the point.

"The key is that the lower city thus constitutes a real political power."

"so what?"

Malt asked rhetorically: "People gather together to form a society. In society, there must be power. And if power is not in the hands of those who should have power... those who should not have power will have power.

"Even if you don't go up, someone will go up. Not you, not me, not strangling... It will be Tovatus. It will be other leaders, new mages, and even people from the upper city... There will inevitably be spies and spies sent by the head office.

"And the scene I predicted is inevitable. The original sin of this scene lies with the company itself. It is precisely because of the greed of the company that such a day will come. Since there will be such a day sooner or later, why not prepare early ?”

The woman with long maroon hair spoke without any hesitation.

Her eyes are deep and her will is firm.

"...you impress me."

The godfather was silent for a while, then sighed: "I underestimated you too much."

Hearing this, Malt Wine smiled and said, "Then what kind of address do you like? Lord City Lord? Mayor? Chief? Or... King?"

"Godfather—that's all."

The barber replied slowly, "I'm just your godfather, that's all."

Chapter 51 Competitors

Seeing the barber's serious expression, Malt Wine pushed his glasses instead, revealing a gentle smile that didn't match that intellectual and delicate face.

Malt's upper body leaned forward, and if the godfather hadn't huddled in the armchair, this action would even allow them to smell each other's breath.

She made a sweet voice: "Dad~"

Although the pronunciation is similar, the barber can clearly hear that what the other party calls is not "Godfather".

He calmly stared at the other party's lake green pupils.

"That's why you, alone, were called to be strangled."

The godfather said slowly.

When Hang Sha heard his name, he turned around and listened carefully.

"Strangling this man is very simple. He is from the heart, intending to create an order for the uncoded in the lower city; he has a desire to control power itself, and at the same time is my friend and guide. Hearing that I will be crowned on the throne, It must be after a little regret, I feel sincerely happy... right."

When the godfather said this, he exchanged a glance with Hangsha to confirm the other party's thoughts.

Hang Kill nodded without hesitation: "That's right."

"So you've been lied to."

The godfather simply replied.

Hearing this, Hang Sha frowned, and turned to look at the malt wine.

He wasn't a smart guy in the first place.

Otherwise, with already possessing overwhelming authority and force...he wouldn't even be able to rule the little white lion group perfectly.

But Hang Hang is still a suspicious person, he can't trust people without codes other than mages.He only believes in the stance that comes with status.

Originally, for the advancement of the White Lion Group, he could only use his brain and forcefully think.

Not so after the barber came...

After getting acquainted with the godfather, he gradually got used to the life of giving up thinking.

"You're still confusing my question."

The Godfather stared at the malt wine: "What I am asking is not 'Why do we form a political power to control the Lower City', but 'What impact will the Lower City form a political power'.

"You're right. Even if I don't, someone will. I believe Tovatus will try to organize a big alliance, and secondly, those who have not removed the chip from the upper city will form an alliance . may even compete with us for living space.

"The essence of this matter is that a small stable circle suddenly attracted many people. The number of them is about the same as the total number of the previous circle, but they are restless, panic, and noisy. They are for 'peace of mind' , it becomes aggressive, it tries to invade Aboriginal territory..."

Just like the originally gentle green grasshopper, when the population density is too high and food is scarce, it will also become a very aggressive yellow "locust".

"Then what I said is wrong?"

Ale shrank back to his seat: "If we can't bring out a speaker before they arrive in the downtown area, we may even usher in a civil war after they enter the downtown area."

But when the barber heard the words, he just looked at her deeply and directly, and even looked at the malt wine with a little trepidation in his heart.

"--I see."

He said softly: "I understand. This is your purpose."

"...what is it?"

Malt laughed out loud, but the barber knew she was hiding her uneasiness: "I don't even know what I'm worried about..."

"—'worry'. Is that what you said."

The man replied: "You are 'worrying'."

His clear and melodious voice, as if he could sing a song at any time, is now enough to shock people just by uttering a single word.

"You see the future. It's inevitable that uptown is going to be chaotic, and it's inevitable that they'll be going downtown. That's certainly not bad.

"At the end of the day, it's because Tianen Group doesn't intend to solve what they're facing...and more importantly, they don't care."

The godfather knocked on the armrest of the chair: "You also know that the number of uncoded people in Happy Island is the largest, and it also occupies the largest area.

"But why? Is it because we are strong? Is it because we are united? Is it because the company is afraid of us?"

He asked each sentence, although he sat motionless in the chair, his momentum was so compelling.

As for the answer, in fact, even strangulation is known.

"The answer is simple, because the company doesn't care. In other words, we uncoded people are being used by the company.

"The real problem is ... we survive not because we're strong and there are a lot of people. It's because companies don't care.

"Recognize the reality! Those who will enter the downtown area are originally a group of losers, people who have been eliminated by the fast-paced life in the downtown area.

"Whether they voluntarily entered the downtown area or were driven in because they had nowhere to go, the downtown area has played a role in containing garbage. And what if those people who have chips also choose to come to the downtown area to escape life for a period of time?

"What will the company's attitude be?"

Without waiting for the malt wine to answer, the godfather replied on his own: "The answer is that the company will be very happy."

"……why?"

Hang Hang couldn't help asking: "Why is the company happy when the number of people in our downtown area has increased?"

"Although personally speaking, life in the upper city and the lower city will be much different-no digital currency without chips, no shopping, no way to walk in the upper city in a fair manner. Just being seen by the executive department will be attacked , arrest, deportation.

"But in fact, for the height of the company...you live in the upper city and the lower city, there is actually not much difference."

The barber sighed.

He's actually not that smart, otherwise he wouldn't have to imitate others to survive.

It's just that he has read a lot of books and learned a lot in another world.At most, it means being able to feel other people's emotions and psychology, and vaguely touch the essence of the other person's personality. Other than that, they are all ordinary people.

But in this world where even knowledge and history are controlled, it is possible to become a wise man because of this...

He sorted out his emotions and continued to explain for Strangling: "Because the fundamental problem is that the company actually only needs a very small number of people to produce labor results.

"In fact, most of the labor is meaningless. They are all labor for the survival and life of more people... Then, what if there are not so many 'people' as the market?

"But because of the automatic factory in the lower city, the most basic necessities of life can already be met. And the Tianen Group is a monopoly group whose main business is culture and entertainment... In this case, how many companies must exist in the upper city ? How many people are they unable to lose?

"Ale is right in the first half. Unrest is bound to happen, sooner or later.

"It's different from what those people think... They think that entering the lower city is the most straightforward and radical revenge on the company. But for the company, these people voluntarily enter the lower city, but it is a solution for both sides.

"'Garbage' went into the trash can by itself, which reduced the management cost of the upper urban area; and when the situation eased, they would climb out again, enter the market environment and resume payment behavior excitedly.

"—That's so sweet."

"They think they're getting revenge on the company, they're fleeing uptown, but that's exactly what the company likes to see," Barber quipped.

"And because the company is happy to see it -- it's the future that's going to happen. Don't reverse the order."

"...That is to say," Hang Hang finally understood what the barber meant, "are those people driven out by the company in essence?"

"So you should also know what it means to unify the lower city at this time."

The godfather chuckled: "If we say that criminals and those without codes are 'permanent' garbage. Those 'temporary residents' who are not even prepared to remove their chips are 'temporary garbage'. When prices stabilize again, they will still back...

"Tianen Group doesn't need their labor. The positions offered to these people are meaningless, so it doesn't matter if they are missing--the ones who really 'report' have already been poached when they have just left or even before leaving gone.

"However, the market needs them to pay. And if there is a 'real regime' in Lower Town, it means one thing.

"That is, we are competing with the company for 'payers'. From this perspective, we have become a 'competitor' of Tianen Group."

"...but we're not even a company."

"That doesn't matter. Because in essence, we are competing with them for the 'market.'"

From an irrelevant "garbage dump" to a "competitor" vying for the market.

"What does that mean, I don't need to say more."

The godfather sneered.

Chapter 52 Asking My Forgiveness

"Mat Wine's worry is simple—she's worried that this place will become Sogo Island."

Before the strangler had listened halfway and started to attack the ale, the godfather continued to explain:

"You also know Tantra and what Sogo Island looks like."

The mage named "Tantra" is a born uncoded person who lives in the "black area" of Sogo Island.

On Sogo Island, the lower city has ceased to be a haven for criminals... and has become a ghetto.

The housing prices and rents of Happy Island, as well as the prices of necessities such as food, are very low.Because Tianen Group doesn't need to use this to make a profit...they need to stabilize their "happiness" with a stable life.The really expensive things are those luxurious entertainment products.

In Happy Island, there are definitely not a few people who use all their income to chase idols, even more than one-third of the total population.

This has even formed a trend - people will use this to compare and determine their status in the circle with the short-term money invested.And once this investment cannot be maintained, it will be immediately abandoned by others.

Tianen Group doesn't even need to urge them to spend money, players and fans will urge each other internally.

If they are just foreigners who come to travel, they can feel the real "Happy Island".There are all kinds of entertainment imaginable here, as long as you have money, you can play anything, and you will never get bored.

But for the locals... it's hard to even save money.

——Take the game company of Happy Island as an example. If you don’t play your own games and don’t charge money in the games, you will even be alienated by your colleagues.In this case, a large part of the "disposable income" that should have been a lot has become a social cost.

But Sogo Island is different - because of the high housing prices in Sogo Island, many people can't afford houses in the upper city and live directly in the color steel houses in the lower city.

Because of the highly developed artificial intelligence technology, even in the lower city of Sogo Island, there are patrol robots and cameras all over the lower city.For ordinary people, there seems to be not much difference between the upper city and the lower city... except for not seeing the sun, not being so decent, and going to work too far.

Among the uncoded people in Sogo Island, almost all of them are "high-end intelligent criminals" such as psychic hackers and fraudsters, followed by high-end killers who can evade the tracking of artificial intelligence-Sogo Island calls this profession "accidental designer".Purely violent criminals, thieves relying on dexterous actions, and fraudsters with insufficient intelligence have all been completely locked up by overwhelming surveillance... They can only hide in a small corner.

"Although the Tianen Group doesn't look down on the Xiacheng District at all, if they can invest in some traitors for leisure, they will definitely be happy."

The godfather said with certainty.

It's as if he really saw the top executives of the company who sent traitors to the lower city.

"The company doesn't even need to personally send troops to destroy us. They just need to send some weapons to our opponents, some logistics supplies...or even more covertly, tell some 'unsuspected weapon address' to those 'temporary Downtowners', they can grow up fast, or at least become hard nuts."